Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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Parade, Beauty Queen, Game, Highlighted “Homecomingitis hit students hard this year, October 25. Excitement reached a peak with the parade in the afternoon and the game that night with Northern Durham. A dance, using the theme “Harvest Moon followed the game which the Comets won, 21-20. The Homecoming Queen, Margaret Murphy, and her court consisting of Jam ' s Gravitt, Kar¬ en Dyer, Nancy Davis, Jane Bebber, and Carol Trope rode in the South Boston parade and were presented at the dance. Queen Margaret, elected by the student body, was crowned by Principal J. Marshall Swanson during halftime festivities. She was also given a football auto¬ graphed by all the members of the team. A unique feature of Homecoming was ' the designation of the day as “Quiet Day. Every¬ one was to be especially quiet so that all voices and noise could be saved for the giant pep rally that the cheerleaders and Pep Club staged in the gym during sixth period. A Japanese garden won first place in the float parade for the Art Club. J. E. Tuck skirts away from a Northern Durham tackier in the Homecoming game. Bill Snead, Bill Sizemore, Jimmy Fralin, Henry Patterson, and L. W. Henderson makeup a part of the band ' s formation during halftime. 1 16

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a Lot of Decorating to Make a Prom It was a starry night on May 1 as juniors and seniors and their guests danced to the prom theme, Stairway to the Stars. The Junior Class carried out this theme by building a long, winding stairway leading up to twinkling stars behind a blue-draped sky. Senior girls in the figure emerged from the stars and down the stairway where they were met by their escorts ' . In the lobby, a mural covered the display case and an ivy-covered balcony with wrought iron railing extended in a semi-circle eleven feet onto the floor. Couples entered the prom itself through double French doors. A huge reflector on the background of the sky scattered different hues on the dancers, while aluminum plates on the walls furthered the reflecting mood. The Junior Class along with Mrs. Rebecca McKinney and Mr. Bob Law, head of the decorations, were frantic at the last minute about a center-piece. A small pool surrounded by palm plants with a water nymph in the center served the purpose well. One of the major difficulties faced by the Junior Class in decorating the gym was the shortage of blue material for a sky. After draping the sky once, juniors ' had to take it down and hang the old cheese-cloth sky above it. The Dazzlers from Lynchburg, a real show band, added much to the prom. On a white platform surrounded by four Greek columns, they played everything from soft, orchestral music to the latest Beatle music. 15

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Homecoming Margaret Murphy Homecoming Queen 1963